ἄφρων, -ον genitive -ονος (φρήν), [in LXX for כְּסִיל, נָבָל, etc. ;] without reason, senseless, foolish, expressing "want of mental sanity and sobriety, a reckless and inconsiderate habit of mind" (Hort; cf. MM, see word): Luk.11:40 12:20, Rom.2:20, 1Co.15:36, 2Co.11:16 12:6 12:11, 1Pe.2:15; opposite to φρόνιμος, 2Co.11:19; to συνιέντες, Eph.2:17.† (AS)
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G878 — ἄφρων
aphrōn · foolish · Greek
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Luke 11:40 · ἄφρονες,Ye foolish ones, did not he that made the outside make the inside also?Luke 12:20 · ἄφρων,But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?Romans 2:20 · ἀφρόνων,a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having in the law the form of knowledge and of the truth;1 Corinthians 15:36 · ἄφρων,Thou foolish one, that which thou thyself sowest is not quickened except it die:2 Corinthians 11:16 · ἄφρονα · ἄφροναI say again, Let no man think me foolish; but if ye do, yet as foolish receive me, that I also may glory a little.2 Corinthians 11:19 · ἀφρόνων,For ye bear with the foolish gladly, being wise yourselves.2 Corinthians 12:6 · ἄφρων·For if I should desire to glory, I shall not be foolish; for I shall speak the truth: but I forbear, lest any man should account of me above that which he seeth me to be, or heareth from me.2 Corinthians 12:11 · ἄφρωνI am become foolish: ye compelled me; for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing was I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I am nothing.Ephesians 5:17 · ἄφρονες,Wherefore be ye not foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.1 Peter 2:15 · ἀφρόνωνFor so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: